American travelers headed to Cuba will finally be able to turn to plastic to foot their hotel and restaurant bills, as MasterCard and Fort Lauderdale-based Stonegate Bank said on Thursday that their debit cards are now active for use on the Communist island.
The more than 70 checkpoints the U.S. Border Patrol maintains between 25 and 75 miles north of the border between the United States and Mexico effectively limit the movements of thousands of undocumented immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley to a small area of southern Texas.
The overall electorate has apparently taken a liking to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., as a new poll showed would him defeating Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton if the general election was held today.
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders was not impressed with front-runner Hillary Clinton's proposal for a tax credit for people who care for an elderly parent or other family member, and a top aide of the Vermont senator's campaign dubbed the idea "Republican-lite."
Thirty jailed member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group have received pardons from the Colombian government, as President Juan Manuel Santos is rushing to finalize a peace deal with the leftist militants.
Fears that Venezuela's Dec. 6 legislative elections may lead to violence came to fruition on Sunday, weeks before the vote, as the country's opposition claimed that shots were fired at a candidate's campaign caravan in a poor neighborhood of Caracas.
Socialism may have been declared dead in the United States following the end of the Cold War, but presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders does not tire of trying to sell the ideology to Democratic voters across the country.
Donald Trump once again stirred controversy on Thursday, when he reportedly proposed the creation of a federal database of Muslim residents of the United States.
GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Thursday declared that fellow front-runner Ben Carson was suffering a "free fall" and then went on to claim credit for his rival's alleged demise.
Time flies when something's entertaining, and fans of NBC's drama "Blindspot" may be surprised to find out that the series is already heading into its 10th episode, which will air at 10 p.m. ET on Nov. 23.
The National Security Agency (NSA) accidentally obtained the communications of top officials of Venezuela's state-owned oil company within the massive cache produced by its bulk collection of data, an internal memo published by whistleblower Edward Snowden suggests.
The political fate of Juan Manuel Santos seems closely linked to the peace deal the Colombian president has worked out with the country's leftist guerilla group. The leader himself admits that his legacy would suffer greatly if the agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were to come apart.
After their disagreement over immigration, presidential hopefuls Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz this week turned to matters of national security, but continued their headline-grabbing infighting.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and real estate tycoon Donald Trump remain the two front-runners for the Republican Party's 2016 presidential nomination and continue to lead "establishment candidates" like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a new national poll revealed.
Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton on Thursday scored a major endorsement from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a group that represents more than 1.9 million workers in the United States and Canada.
A new federal immigration initiative allows certain children from violence-torn Central American countries to reunite with their parents, even though the adults may not have legal status in the United States.
The New York City Police Department said on Thursday that it was aware of an ISIS propaganda video that features images of Times Square and threats to launch suicide attacks on America's largest city.
Ben Carson's newfound status as a front-runner for the GOP's 2016 presidential nomination comes with some strings attached, and the retired neurosurgeon has had to put in long hours to catch up on the complexities of U.S. foreign policy.
Hillary Clinton is trying to cement her front-runner status in the race for the Democratic nomination by attacking her main rival, Bernie Sanders, on some of the key issues affecting the middle class.
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday said he was sorry for telling his health minister he did not "want to think you're a lesbian," when the official talked to another woman while the leader was giving a speech.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and more than two dozen governors -- mostly Republicans -- do not want to welcome these refugees in their respective states.
Colombia, a country once known as the home of the world's four major drug trafficking cartels, is now set to legalize the therapeutic use of marijuana under a presidential decree.
